Appeal No. 96-1229
Application 08/104,819
The applicants correctly point out (Brief at 4) that in
Pagé all the message queues are contained in the same data
processing node, i.e., the broker node interconnecting the
server nodes and client nodes, even though there is a separate
message queue for each server and client. In that connection,
the applicants correctly point out that claim 5 requires that
the means in each data processing node for performing the
remote reading is located in a processing node different from
the processing node containing the message queue to be read.
The examiner explicitly acknowledges that Pagé does not show
such remote reading as claimed by the applicants (answer at
4).
Nevertheless, the examiner states (answer at 4):
"Johnson shows the use of a remote read of a remote bus (e.g.,
column 9)." In the supplemental answer on page 2, the
examiner further states in connection with the remote read
feature that Pagé suggests the use of remote procedure call
between remote participants in the network. But neither
Johnson’s general reference to reading from a remote bus nor
Pagé’s disclosure of a remote procedure call involves the use
of message queues. For instance, Pagé’s remote procedure call
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